William Hague's political career in pictures

Internationally, his work saw him meet international colleagues as he discussed world conflicts. And he spoke of his desire to show the country "learned from this mistakes" of Mr Blair's 2003 invasion of Iraq on the basis that it had weapons of mass destruction. Above, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chats with William Hague at the opening of the fourth meeting of the Libya contact group in Istanbul on July 15, 2011.Picture: MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images